Movies Similar to The Yellow Balloon

Chase a Crooked Shadow(1958)

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

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Escape(1948)

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.

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Brighton Rock(1948)

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

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Home at Seven(1952)

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

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Yield to the Night(1956)

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

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Corridor of Mirrors(1948)

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

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The Marker(2017)

Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.

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They Drive by Night(1938)

“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.

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The Man Between(1953)

A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.

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Never Let Go(1960)

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.

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No Orchids for Miss Blandish(1948)

A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods.

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Obsession(1949)

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

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Cast a Dark Shadow(1955)

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.

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The Flanagan Boy(1953)

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan... .to murder her husband.

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The Criminal(1960)

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

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The Lodger(1944)

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands(1948)

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.

6.5

Nowhere to Go(1958)

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

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Confession(1955)

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.

6.2

The Brothers(1947)

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

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